Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A home lift not to be confused with a home elevator is a type of lift specifically designed for private homes, where the design takes into consideration the following four factors: 1. Compact design in view of the limitations of space in a private residence, 2. Usage of the lift restricted primarily to the residents of the private homes, 3.
Residential Curved Rail & Custom Car Hill Lift, Belvedere [14] (variable inclination) Residential Custom Cable Car, Tiburon [15] Residential Hillside, Malibu Beach [16] Residential Installation, Carmel-by-the-Sea [13] San Diego Convention Center, San Diego [17] Shadowbrook Restaurant Cable Car, Capitola [18] Strand Beach Elevator, Dana Point
Residential elevators may be small enough to only accommodate one person while some are large enough for more than a dozen. Wheelchair, or platform elevators, a specialized type of elevator designed to move a wheelchair 3.7 m (12 ft) or less, can often accommodate just one person in a wheelchair at a time with a load of 340 kg (750 lb). [78]
Curved stair lifts: These lifts are custom-made to work on staircases that have curves, bends or intermediate landings. Because of the high level of customization, these are typically more expensive.
Examples of single-family detached house types include: Bungalow; Central-passage house (North America) Chattel house (Caribbean) Château (France) Cottage (various) Courtyard house (various) Konak (Asia) Log house (various) Mansion (various) Housebarn (various) Split level home (various) Upper Lusatian house (Europe)
Stair lifts are known variously as stairlifts, stair-lifts, chair lifts, stair gliders and by other names. This type of chair lift should not be confused with the chairlift used by skiers. The term stair climber can refer either to stair lifts, or more commonly to the exercise equipment by the same name.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. single-family homebuilding surged to a five-month high in September, but permits for future construction rose only marginally amid excess supply of new homes on the ...
Pair of private lifts at residential complex in Kriens, Switzerland (2013) Inclined elevator design is based on the same basic technology as conventional, vertical elevator . [ 6 ] In general standard elevator equipment can be adapted for systems with an inclines up 10 ° from vertical, while an incline with more than 20° from vertical will ...